Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Tag: Lia V. Schucman

Schucman points to what she calls “the racism of intimacy” as a unique feature of Brazilian culture arising from its history.

2017-07-16

[Lia Vainer] Schucman points to what she calls “the racism of intimacy” as a unique feature of Brazilian culture arising from its history. In contrast with the segregationist racism that prevailed in South Africa or the South in the United States, what we have in Brazil is a kind of racism that presupposes interaction between…
Study investigates marks of racism in “interracial families”

2017-07-14

One hundred and twenty-nine years after the abolition of slavery in Brazil, and despite the myth of racial democracy, race-based prejudice is still widespread in Brazilian society – so much so that it can be found even in “interracial families”. This is the conclusion of a study by social psychologist Lia Vainer Schucman.
Brazil’s Ongoing Race Problem: Recent Study Uncovers Shocking Treatment of Darker-Skinned Children in Interracial Families

2017-07-10

Social psychologist finds Black Brazilian children in interracial families face shocking racism.